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TIL of Wakaliwood, the Ugawood studio that made the 85$ Tarantinoesque hit YouTube film ‘Who Killed Captaiin Alex?’

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dD0Rd TiL the Brussel Sprouts have been systematically bred to be less bitter and taste better since the 90s
b9ek9 TIL in time of Crisis the italian parliament can stop democratic functions in the country and give power to people with "expert skills" without any political affiliation, transforming the country into a Technocracy.
OogR4 TIL that since a lot of early Bond Girls were not fluent English speakers, their voices were dubbed in the films. Many of the actresses were dubbed by the same woman, Nikki van der Zyl.
Pm5L TIL Matt LeBlanc, who played Joey in Friends, and comedian Louis CK were classmates in both junior high and high school. Yearbook photos in link.
evrL TIL the myth that carrots improve night vision was started on purpose in WII as an explanation for why german planes kept getting shot down at night. In reality, radar had just been invented.